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CCA is 5, Rounds Off 'The Progress of Love' With Discourse

Hearty
congratulations to the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), which marks five years
of engaging services on the art sphere today. Managed by Bisi Silva, CCA has proven the worth
of its vision to hold a large and diverse collection of books in its Library,
thereby encouraging readership for information and education on all about art, artists
and great works.

Elated by this achievement, Silva says,” Our
first great achievement which remains remarkable, is that we have been able to
grow our library of books from 500 to over 5000 books. This means that even in
the absence of anything, we still have a reference point where people can visit
and get information about all that have ever happened or created by others.”

With Bernard Akoi-Jackson(left) and Richardson Ovbiegho

If there be
a score card on performance during these five years, then the volume of
interactions that have taken place in CCA in forms of exhibitions, live performances,
workshops and residencies would place this heart of art on a most enviable
position. Silva is glad that they have continued to work in line with the
vision, and excited by how the new media have boosted the efforts of the centre
to promoting and sustaining art in Nigeria.

Rounding
off on the exhibition themed The Progress
of Love, which spanned over four weeks with performances and exhibition of
works by different artists, a panel discussion held yesterday with Bisi Silva, Bernard Akoi-Jackson( from
Ghana), Wuraola- Natasha Ogunji, Valerie Oka (Ivory Coast) and Jelili Atiku in
session.The discourse raised issues of
basically appreciation of performance art pushing the frontiers of art as No-holds-barred.